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AN AWARD FOR CO-PRODUCTION: THE PRIX EURIMAGES
For the first time, this year's European Film Awards Ceremony will
include the presentation of an award for co-production -- the Prix
Eurimages. Eurimages, the support fund for co-production, distribution,
exhibition and digitisation of European cinematographic works, has
become a patron of the European Film Academy and has created this reward
for European co-producers to acknowledge the decisive position which
co-production occupies within the European film industry.
The first Prix Eurimages will go to two important producers who have
distinguished themselves by contributing in an important manner to the
development and promotion of European cinema, notably through
co-production: MARGARET MENEGOZ and Dr. VEIT HEIDUSCHKA.
Margaret Menegoz is a producer, distributor, exporter and since 1975
managing director of Les Films du Losange, established in 1962 by Barbet
Schroeder and Eric Rohmer. She has produced various films by renowned
directors such as Wim Wenders (THE AMERICAN FRIEND), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (CHINESE ROULETTE), Volker Schlöndorff (SWANN IN LOVE), Helma Sanders (THE FUTURE OF EMILY) and Michael Haneke (HIDDEN, European Film 2005). President of Unifrance, member of the French-German Film Academy, the Association of Film Exporters and the "Conseil d'Administration de la Cinémathèque française", Margaret Menegoz has constantly worked for the promotion of European cinema.
Following his studies in industry and commerce, Dr. Veit Heiduschka studied philosophy, psychology, philology and theatre before working on several executive productions and becoming manager of various production companies. In 1980, he founded the company Wega Film where he has worked until now as managing director and with which he has produced a large
number of films for both television and the cinema and often in co-production with other companies. He has notably produced most of the films by Michael Haneke.
The Prix Eurimages will be presented by the Serbian film director Stefan
Arsenijevic', director of films such as PLUM TREE, NIGHT PORTER, LITTLE MORNING STORY, and (A)TORSION for which he received a Golden Bear in Berlin and the European Film Academy's award for EUROPEAN SHORT FILM 2003 - Prix UIP.
Further information is available at www.coe.int/Eurimages.
Berlin and Strasbourg, 8 November 2007
Pascal Edelmann
European Film Academy
phone: +49 30 887 167 0
fax:+49 30 887 167 77
press@europeanfilmacademy.org
www.europeanfilmacademy.org
